Wijewardena, Liquidator, Janawasa Commission and Another v. Chandradasa – sllr 1985 volume 2 page 017

In the case between Wijewardena, Liquidator, Janawasa Commission and Another (plaintiffs) and Chandradasa (defendant), the court addressed the issue of whether liquidators, appointed following the dissolution of the Janawasa Commission, are liable for a compensation award issued by the Labour Tribunal for unlawful termination prior to the Commission’s dissolution. It was held that the liquidators, upon substitution, succeeded to the assets and liabilities of the dissolved Commission and thus were liable to pay the compensation, reaffirming the principle that statutory successors assume both assets and liabilities of dissolved statutory bodies. This decision relied on statutory provisions, including section 31B of the Industrial Disputes Act, and pertinent case law, emphasizing the enforcea